Root/Combining Forms Flashcards by annemarie van

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Adhes

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Stuck to

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Axill

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Armpit

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Bi/o

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Life

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Dem

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People

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Format

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Shaping

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Gen, gene

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Formation, produce

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Eti/o

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Cause

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Infect

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To infect

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kil/o

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A thousand

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Macr/o

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Large

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Malign/o

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Bad kind

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Maxim

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Greatest

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Minim

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Least

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Morbid

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Sick

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Mortal

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Human

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Necr/o

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Death

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Norm

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Rule

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Organ/o

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Organ

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Palm

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Palm

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Path/o

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Disease

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Prophylact

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Guarding

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Pyr/o

Heat, fire

Pyret

Fever

Radi/o

Ray, X-ray

Scop

To examine

Sept

Purtrefaction

Therm/o

Hot, heat

Tuss

Cough

Act/o

Acting, act

cardi/o

Heart

Dactyl/o

Fingers or toes

Gynec/o

Female

Later/o

Side

Somn/o

Sleep

Ven/o

Vein

Comat

A deep sleep

Consci

Aware

Esthet

Feeling, sensation

Menstru

To discharge the menses

Palp

To touch

Ras

To scrape off

Ster

Solid

Symmetric

Symmetry

turg

Swelling

Infer/o

Below or in a downward direction

Anter/o

In front of or before

Poster/o

Towards the back

Cephal/o

the head

Caud/o

the tail

Medi/o

Middle

Proxim/o

Nearest, next to

Dist/o

Away from, far from

Abdomin/o

Abdomen (belly)

Tars/o

Ankle (tarsus)

Brach/i , brachi/o

Arm

Oste/o

Bones

Mast/o, mamm/o

Breast

Bucc/o

Cheek

Thorac/o

Chest

Aur/i, ot/o

Ear

Cubit/o, olecran/o

Elbow

Ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o

Eye

Pod/o

Foot

Gingiv/o

Gums

Chir/o

Hand (manus)

Isch/i

Hip (ischium, coxa)

Crur/o

Leg

Hepat/o

Liver

Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

Lungs

Or/o

Mouth

Muscul/o, my/o

Muscles

Umbilic/o, omphal/o

Navel

Cervic/o

Neck

Neur/o

Nerves

Rhin/o, nas/o

Nose

Cost/o

Ribs

Derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o

Skin

Crani/o

Skull

Gastr/o

Stomach

Dent/i, dent/o

Tooth

Tempor/o

Temples

Femor/o

Thigh bone

Pharyng/o

Throat

Lingu/o, gloss/o

Tongue

Carp/o

Wrist (carpus)

Adip/o

Fat

Andr/o

Man

Dors/o

Backward

Filtrat/o

To strain through

Fus/o

To pour

Hist/o

Tissue

Hydr/o

Water

Inguin/o

Groin

Kary/o

Cell's nucleus

Phen/o

To show

Physi/o

Nature

Somat/o

Body

System/o

Composite, whole

Ventr/o

Near or on the belly side of the body

Viscer/o

Body organs

Horizont

Horizon